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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Documents mentioning or relating to Anonymous (the hacker movement/collective, see below) or hacktivism (defined as hacking as a form of protest and/or activism) generated between 1 January 2009 and 1 January 2019, including but not limited to:

* Internal reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to Anonymous or hacktivism* Reports from the appropriate IT (Information Technology) or computer offices regarding possible cyber attacks by Anonymous or other hacktivists* Reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to or mentioning Anonymous or hacktivism sent to or received from any federal law enforcement or intelligence agencies or any fusion center* Incident reports investigating possible hacking activity falling within the office's jurisdiction and allegedly carried out by members of Anonymous or other hacktivist groups* Materials generated as a result of any suspected or actual compromise, breach or "dox" (revealing of personal or private information) by Anonymous or other hacktivists

Anonymous has been described by government agencies as a non-hierarchical hacktivist collective, Anonymous uses hacking (and arguably cracking) techniques to register political protest in campaigns known as “#ops.” Best known for their distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, past activities have included attacks against the Church of Scientology; Visa, Paypal, and others who withdrew their services from WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange after that group began releasing war documents; #OpTunisia and others purporting to support the Arab Spring; and a campaign that brought down the website of the Westboro Baptist Church. #Ops are usually marked with the release of a video of a reader in a Guy Fawkes mask using a computer generated voice. See attached for additional background information.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the followingrecords:

Documents mentioning or relating to Anonymous (the hackermovement/collective, see below) or hacktivism (defined as hacking as a formof protest and/or activism) generated between 1 January 2009 and 1 January2019, including but not limited to:

* Internal reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to Anonymous orhacktivism* Reports from the appropriate IT (Information Technology) or computeroffices regarding possible cyber attacks by Anonymous or other hacktivists* Reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to or mentioning Anonymousor hacktivism sent to or received from any federal law enforcement orintelligence agencies or any fusion center* Incident reports investigating possible hacking activity falling within theoffice's jurisdiction and allegedly carried out by members of Anonymous orother hacktivist groups* Materials generated as a result of any suspected or actual compromise,breach or "dox" (revealing of personal or private information) by Anonymousor other hacktivists

Anonymous has been described by government agencies as a non-hierarchicalhacktivist collective, Anonymous uses hacking (and arguably cracking)techniques to register political protest in campaigns known as “#ops.”Best known for their distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, pastactivities have included attacks against the Church of Scientology; Visa,Paypal, and others who withdrew their services from WikiLeaks’ JulianAssange after that group began releasing war documents; #OpTunisia and otherspurporting to support the Arab Spring; and a campaign that brought down thewebsite of the Westboro Baptist Church. #Ops are usually marked with therelease of a video of a reader in a Guy Fawkes mask using a computergenerated voice. See attached for additional background information.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, andthis request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform meof the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer therequest filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM ifnot.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I lookforward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days,as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma BestI am willing to pay fees for this request up to the amount of: $: 1Select from the list below: A representative of the news media seekinginformation as part of a news gathering effort and not for commercial use.I request a waiver of all fees for this request.: I request a waiver of allfees for this request.Please provide an explanation for your request for a fee waiver:I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I havepreviously written about the government and its activities, with somereaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock,Motherboard, Property of the People, AND Magazine, Unicorn Riot, and more. Assuch, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial andwriting skills are well established.In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make themavailable through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and thejournalist non-profit, MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience.While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this,focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, itis not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particularsubject in advance.

Additionally, case law states that “proof of the ability todisseminate the released information to a broad cross- section of the publicis not required.” Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Dep’t of Justice, 365 F.3d1108, 1126 (D.C. Cir. 2004); see Carney v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 19 F.3d807, 814-15 (2d Cir. 1994). Further, courts have held that "qualified becauseit also had “firm” plans to “publish a number of . . . ‘documentsets’” concerning United States foreign and national security policy."Under this criteria, as well, I qualify as a member of the news media.Additionally, courts have held that the news media status "focuses on thenature of the requester, not its request. The provision requires that therequest be “made by” a representative of the news media. Id. §552(a)(4)(A)(ii)(II). A newspaper reporter, for example, is a representativeof the news media regardless of how much interest there is in the story forwhich he or she is requesting information." Assuch, the details of the request itself are moot for the purposes ofdetermining the appropriate fee category.As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reportingon it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.Please select and describe in detail if you believe your request warrantsexpeditious handling:Please provide information to support your selection: